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Composer/producer Charlie Calello knew he was in the presence of something special when he began working on the landmark Eli and the Thirteenth Confession album with Laura Nyro early in 1968. “I first ...

“There’s so much depth and passion and bravery in her work. She was authentic to the core.” --Sara Bareilles “We could build the dream with love.” –from Laura Nyro’s “Save the Country” It’s one of pop ...

Laura Nyro had nearly completed "Angel in the Dark" before her death from ovarian cancer in 1997, at age 49. It was meant to be part of one more reentry into the limelight she'd flitted in and out of ...